Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Explained

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Birth Date:8 January 1957
Birth Place:Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence:Gonda
Constituency:Kaiserganj
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:16 May 2009
Predecessor:Beni Prasad Verma
Successor:Karan Bhushan Singh
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party (1987–2008, 2014–present)
Samajwadi Party (2008–2014)
Spouse:Ketki Devi Singh
Date:12 April
Year:2010
Source:https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/brijbhushan-sharan-singh
Children:4, including Prateek Bhushan Singh and Karan Bhushan Singh
Constituency1:Balrampur
Predecessor1:Rizwan Zaheer
Termstart1:17 May 2004
Termend1:16 May 2009
Successor1:Constituency Demolished Now Shravasti
Constituency2:Gonda
Termstart2:10 October 1999
Termend2:6 February 2004
Predecessor2:Kirti Vardhan Singh
Successor2:Kirti Vardhan Singh
Constituency3:Gonda
Predecessor3:Raja Anand Singh
Successor3:Ketki Devi Singh
Termstart3:20 June 1991
Termend3:10 May 1996
Term End:4 June 2024
Office4:President of Wrestling Federation of India
Termstart4:5 April 2012
Termend4:21 December 2023
Predecessor4:Deepender Singh Hooda
Successor4:Sanjay Singh
Alma Mater:M.A.,L.L.B.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (born 8 January 1957) is an Indian politician. He was a six time Member of Parliament from Kaiserganj as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] [2] He was the president of the Wrestling Federation of India.[3] In 2024, his son Karan Bhushan Singh, the president of Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Federation, was fielded in his place as the BJP candidate from Kaiserganj and he won by a margin of more than 140,000 votes.[4] [5]

His political career is marked by many controversies, as he was one of the prominent names who was arrested in the demolition of the Babri Masjid case and was also booked under the anti-terrorism law TADA for harbouring the shooters of Dawood Ibrahim gang.[6] However, he was later acquitted for lack of evidence.[7] [8]

He is at the centre of the accusations of sexual harassment by India's top female wrestlers, wherein 7 female wrestlers including 1 minor have testified against him in a first information report (FIR).[9] [10] These wrestlers include Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat, in the wrestlers' protests at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.[11] [12]

Early life, education and sons

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was born on 8 January 1957 in the Rajput family of Shri Jagdamba Sharan Singh and Smt. Pyari Devi Singh.[13] [14] [15] He studied law at Saket P.G. College in Ayodhya.

He married to Ketki Devi Singh in 1981, and they have three sons and a daughter. In 2004, their elder son Shakti Sharan Singh committed suicide at the age of 23. Reportedly, he shot himself with a licensed pistol and blamed his father's selfish attitude in a suicide note.[16] [17] His other sons are Prateek Bhushan Singh who is the BJP MLA of Gonda since 2017 and Karan Bhushan Singh who is the vice-president of WFI and is succeeding him as the BJP's MP candidate from Kaiserganj.[18] [19]

Political career

He is a six-time Member of Parliament, five times from BJP and one time from Samajwadi Party.[8] In 1991 he was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha from Gonda constituency in Uttar Pradesh as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. He was re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 from the same constituency and in 2004, he was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Balrampur constituency in Uttar Pradesh state on the BJP ticket. On 20 July 2008, he joined the Samajwadi Party after BJP expelled him for cross-voting in the parliament during the 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence.[20] In 2009, he was re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Kaiserganj constituency in Uttar Pradesh state. He later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party months before the 16th general election and is currently a member of 17th Lok Sabha from BJP. He was the President of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) from 2012-2023.

Controversies

As per police records, 38 criminal cases were lodged against Brij Bhushan Singh between 1974 and 2007.[21] In particular, the FIRs were filed under the stringent Gangsters[22] [23] and Goonda Acts[24] [25] for various charges including theft, dacoity, murder, criminal intimidation, attempt to murder, and kidnapping, though he was acquitted in most of the cases as per his election affidavit.[26] [27] [28]

Legal issues

Singh once encountered as many as 38 cases against him under various charges including theft, criminal intimidation, murder, attempt to murder, rioting, and kidnapping.[29]

In 1992 he was involved in Babri Masjid Demolition Case, due to which he was arrested by CBI along with 39 other people. He was the prime suspect but was later acquitted by the Supreme Court of India in 2020. Later, according to The Wire, he boasted, "During the movement, I was the first person from the area to be arrested by Mulayam Singh. I was also the first person arrested by the CBI after the controversial structure was demolished."

He was charged with the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act in 1993 for allegedly helping associates of Dawood Ibrahim who allegedly organised the J.J Hospital Shootout in Mumbai. He was later acquitted after spending several months in jail.[30]

Corruption allegations

In his Lok Sabha 2019 affidavit, the individual declared total liabilities and assets amounting to less than 11 crore.[31] Nevertheless, his assets reportedly include two helicopters, one private jet, as well as a number of schools, colleges, hotels, and hospitals.[32] [33] [34]

Admitting to committing murder

In a video interview with the web portal The Lallantop in 2022, Brij Bhushan stated, "I have committed a murder in the past. Whatever people may say, I did commit a murder. I immediately shot and killed the person who had shot Ravinder dead". Ravinder Singh was his close friend.[35]

As President of WFI

After he became the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), in an interview with The Indian Express, he said, "They [wrestlers] are strong boys and girls. You need someone strong to control them. Is there anyone stronger than me here?"[36]

In 2021, during a junior wrestling tournament, he slapped a wrestler on stage, and was caught on camera.[37]

Allegations of sexually assaulting female wrestlers

In Jan 2023, a group of Olympians and international wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and others organised a sit-in demanding disbanding of the federation due to alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by Brij Bhushan. The protests resumed in April 2023 due to government inaction. The protestors demanded police file an FIR against Brij Bhushan and his immediate arrest. The incidents of sexual harassment cited by protestors ranged from 2012 to 2022.[38] [39] [40]

On 28 April 2023, only after the intervention of the Supreme Court, did the Delhi Police register two FIRs against him. One of the FIRs was registered under the POCSO Act (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) for offences against a minor. A second FIR was registered on similar grounds on the complaint of the remaining 6 adult female wrestlers.[41]

According to a report by the Indian Express, two female wrestler complainants described the way Brij Bhushan used to touch their breasts and stomach sexually on the pretext of checking their breath, in a police complaint on 21 April 2023. One of these women alleged that Brij Bhushan lifted her training jersey without her consent in 2018.[42] [43]

Vinesh Phogat, one of the leading protestors, also alleged that Brij Bhushan "mentally harassed and tortured" her for missing out on a medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[44]

On 12 May, the Delhi Police recorded a statement from Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh regarding the sexual harassment charges levelled against him by female wrestlers[45] and stated that a female DCP would head a SIT (Special Investigation Team) of 10 people against him.

The FIRs in the case mention allegations against Brij Bhushan and WFI secretary Vinod Tomar. The allegations include demanding sexual favours for professional assistance in at least two cases, at least 15 incidents of sexual harassment which include inappropriate touching by running hands over breasts, touching the navel, several instances of intimidation including stalking — and a shared sense of fear and trauma.[46] [47] [48] [49] The incidents range from years 2012 to 2022 at different places at restaurant, in WFI office, at tournaments and at a warm-up. Incidents happened during domestic as well as international tournaments abroad.[50] Vinesh Phogat, who has won multiple medals at the World Wrestling Championships, claimed she was "mentally harassed, tortured and threatened to be killed" by Brij Bhushan for complaining against him to the then prime minister Narendra Modi and sports minister Anurag Thakur. She was made to face widespread media scrutiny under the guise of missing out on a medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.[51] [52] [53]

See also

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